A police officer and seven others dies at a stampede in a concert at the democratic republic of Congo where masses of people turned up to watch their favorite star Fally Ipupa perform.
The biggest stadium in the DRC which has a capacity of carrying 80,000 today had a mass of about 120,000 who showed up for the love of the music.
One of the police men reported,” it was a stampede, that caused the death of the music lover were suffocated.”
The song writer and singer Fally Ipupa had arrived several hours after the concert starting time just like all the Congolese singers who were expected to perform.
This is coming at a time world leader are sharing their messages of condolences mourning with families of about 151 people who lost their lives at the south Korean capital Halloween celebrations stampede.
Witnesses in this scene described the streets to be so packed that emergency response could not get through easily.
The agency which handled the reporters at the stadium in the Congolese nation, reported that with the help of police, they had three areas cordoned that is the VIP areas, the pitch and the stage but still due to the pressure from the crowd the police were not ale to hold out more.
Taking it down memory lane, its about one year the November 5th of last year, the first night of the 2021 astroworld festival, about the same figures of music lover fell victims of death due to crowd surge.
As social media recounts it was ruled to be accidental compressive asphyxiation, but still overcrowded performances is becoming a problem to the over enthusiastic music lovers who are ready to spend dimes and coins for this entertainment concerts.
